New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-21
SHALL THE WOMEN vOTEi
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF Mr.. PITTSs BILL
CHANCES OF ITS PASSAGE BY THE LEGisLAro'
ITS PROBABLE EFFECT.

ru.Ncys OF ITS PASSAGE BY THE LEGISLATURE
ITS PROBABLE EFFECT.
-. -u. preuLAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
A,nANY Feb 2o.-somo OF the Republican members
ho remained here the recess OF the Legislature
ars expressing their doubts yesterday about the WIS
~ ~ nassnr senator Pfrtss bill authorizing women to
vote for mayors cities and indeed. for all muncipai
ofncerA Assemblyman Horton Of Chautauqua county
sadi 1.-THE Senate has passed tho bill with merely
trifng debate and but single ballot remains 70 %
taken upon In the Assembly, whore not word mas
been uttered on the measure. Why this haste on tho
Part of Republican Legislature TO play INTO the hands
ofthe Democratic party For the life OF me CANNOT seo
any advantage in 1t for tho Republican party
In the Cities rather that the measure Ii hieny
1cal to ita nterestA Can we earry NV
az Brooklyni Can elsot Republican MAYOR IA .aas
ctty II thus measure passes The Democrats CAST
-. Do, poohhau last fall and the Republicans 4SOOo
e. DaneI. There ara more women than men In brooK
, but grant that they IN point OF NUMBERS ann
80 the result ell the women vote as tneir anu
frprhers do; and think they wouid vote tnat way III
,ost eases Tho Democratic vote OF lOoo In thst case
,v.ud he doubled to 100, 600, and the Repubhean
o.. n, $4,000 would be doubled to s6.0o0j 30
Hhss instead Of the. Democrats having ma
4exity of only 5000, a. they haa iass iaa'
Il would De increased 10000 Iwould venture 10 pre-
dct also tina: you would get the wives OF the DEMOCRATS
far more easily to polls than yon would the wives OF
pApubcans and that the Democratic majority In Brook
fvn would not be but would be 10000 What
vould the Republicans have then OF eecting another
esth Low The more think OF the way that prominent
Republicans rushed this bill through the Legislature
the more | am astonshed. see no benefit to the
srsat cities in the bill. believing that the Re-
puhrcan party contains the best administrators OF
government 1t shonld be remembered also that Demo
cratic Mayors city officials aid In the election OF Dem
ocrac state officers so that In giving the Denoera a
marty more power In tho cities we virtually give thae
party power to defeat tho Republican canda'icS
so s''s 1919 81 Cottar.uo,s Connty here sad "Well,
there is one thing that the women Of New orK ana
Brooklyn would not DO and tina, vote Thew m,'S wed no
vote for the candidates OF the liquor dealers;
sE are . sl"" Sot. 'f iar the "s bill and from
tho talk of the other members OF the Assembly nage y
wia sSn IL: for in his messages and speeches he has
given great deal Of eneouragement 70 .ne wUmeh SUI
tasare issues charters and unquestonably has
t@ right to say who shau yS.s Tor tbs ss omS Com.
sti,uom distinctly says that male eissns' shall vote,
o1eluding There can be no question ho vever.
e %y that can Do 70 '''
United States census q Use states as IN h. inss
Composed the population Of New-York State on the
sS sss os5s oSs s%enyons years Of age
There were In York County In 1880 males to the
is7 were over twenty years age 1t obvious
from these figures that there must be above S4O4oo
sss In Kings County 1880 there $50 1873 males
and sle,342 females the number OF men above twenty
The women Of the STATE OF course would like to read
the bin which thus confers The right OF suffrage upon
them In cities. Here II Is:
At any and of and for municipal on
sa be unlawful to make any nc IN
tor such officers when male she wou 10 ehI'sa '"
secon No Inspector of election poll clerk or other cleo
tsn Officer ss CT S n ~ oS tho oer for which
b is declared by seon OF this ast 10 DO ensd
an acts 2. part. Of Ssa acts WI"
sectOu 4 shall take elect immedlateiy.